Machine for the manufacture of molasses fodder.



No. 740,699. PATENTED 0016,1903.

R. ,SGHRADER. MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MOLASSES FODDER.

APPLIUATIDH FILED OUT. 30, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH SCHRADER, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO ERNST SALOMONSOHN, OFHAMBURG, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MOLASSES FODDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 74.0,699, dated October6, 1903.

Application filed October 30, 1902. Serial No. 129,459. (No modeld ednewand useful Improvements in Machines for the Manufacture of MolassesFodder, of

which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a machine for the manufacture ofmolasses fodder and allows automatically of an exact regulation of thefeed of the substances to be mixed in order to produce an evenly goodproduct.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the machine; Fig. 2, a longitudinalsection, on an enlarged scale, of the molasses-measuring dru m Fig. 3, across-section of the measuring-drum for solid absorbents in combinationwith the feed and discharge hoppers; and Fig. 4., a longitudinalsection, on an enlarged scale, of the measuring-drum with a device fordecreasing or increasing the measuring compartment proper.

The molasses is contained in a pan or vessel a, whereas the solidabsorbents are contained in a hopper 0. At the lower end of the pan 0,there is a casing d, and at the lower part of the hopper a there is acasingc, in the former of which a drum f and in the latter a drum 9 fitin such a way as to form a tight joint. These small drums are shown indetail in Figs. 2 and 3. They have several chamhers or compartments h,the size of which corresponds to the amount of the different materialsrequired- -that is to say, is suited to the proportion in which thesubstances are to be mixed. The casings d and e inclose the drums alsoon the periphery in such a way that they entirely shut ofi that chamberwhich is to be filled.

I A shaft 1 on which the two feed-drums are mounted, is set in slowrotation when the machine is at work. At each revolution then eachof'the chambers of the drums draws automatically from itsstorage-receptacle an exactly-measured quantity of molasses or Thealteration in the proportion between molasses and solid absorbents canbe regulated better and more accurately by the device illustrated in Fig4. A solid closing piece or block r is introduced from one side into thedrum in such a manner that it can be moved to and fro, whereby thecontents of the measuring-chamber can be wholly or partially closed,while on withdrawing the closing piece or block 0" the total contents ofthe measuring-chamber can be emptied into the hopper. The closing pieceor block r is connected with a screw 5, fixed on a framework, so that byturning the handle of the crank t the closing-piece can be introducedinto the chamber or withdrawn from it at will. A scale a and a finger 2;readily indicate the position of the closing-piece within themeasuring-chamber. This finger and scale constitute an indicator.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the natu re of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is-- In combination with a feed-hopper, a drum to receivethe material from the hopper, said drum having a chamber, a blockmovable in said chamber, a screw for movingthe block and an indicator onthe outside of the drum having a part connected to the closing-block forindicating the position of the block within the chamber, substantiallyas described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my .haud in presence of twowitnesses.

